Re: adding localhost route

Jeff Coy Jr. (jcoy@flash.net)
Mon, 2 Jun 1997 00:11:34 -0700 (MST)

On Fri, 30 May 1997, wipe yer ass dude wrote:

> On Thu, 29 May 1997, Jeffery S. Coy Jr. wrote:
>
> > I am using the commands:
> >
> > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
> > route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0
>
> route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev lo
>
> should work ok
>

It doesn't complain, but then it doesn't add localhost to the routing
table either. As soon as I get a few spare hours I'll try to pin this
down to 1 kernel & a specific patch.

jeff

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